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Sheep price update: Trade brimming with confidence
Darren Carty
Plants are keen to make up for a day’s less processing and have been active over the weekend in sourcing sheep to get the kill back on track quickly on Tuesday.
17 March 2024 News
Slump in New Zealand beef and sheep farm incomes
New Zealand beef and sheep farm incomes for the 2023/24 season are expected to fall to levels last experienced in the 1980s.
17 March 2024 Markets
EU sheepmeat production falls by 6% in 2023
End-of-year figures published by the AHDB shows production falling by some 26,000t to 398,000t, which explains the current high level of demand in the market.
Opinion: inspections protocol is an important breakthrough
Reading the protocol for farm inspections agreed in Wexford has given Pat O'Toole heart - and flashbacks.
16 March 2024 Opinion
Australian sheepmeat exports hit all-time monthly high
Exports of sheepmeat in February were recorded at some 52,351, with Meat and Livestock Australia reporting that it marks the highest export volume for any month on record.
16 March 2024 News
In pictures: cull ewes sell to €360 in Ballybofey and Stranorlar Mart
There was a lightning trade for heavy cull ewes, with large-framed ewes weighing upwards of 95kg to 100kg selling in the main from €200 to €260/head.
15 March 2024 Markets
Kildare Chilling lifts hogget quote by 20c/kg to €8.30/kg
The base quote for Friday leaves quality assured lambs at €8.40/kg and undoubtedly will put pressure on other competing plants to follow suit.
14 March 2024 Markets
NI Trends: beef prices firm but deals for cull cows; hoggets rise to 700p/kg
The beef trade in Northern Ireland remains positive, with more life for cull cows. However, sheep are the standout trade, with hogget prices hitting 700p/kg.
13 March 2024 Markets
Sheep mart comment: hogget prices move upwards again
Average prices have increased by €3/head to €6/head, with some prices at the higher end of the market rising by upwards of €8 to €10/head
13 March 2024 Markets
Sheep Trends: prices edge up by 10c/kg to 15c/kg
Base quotes are now in the region of €8/kg, but much higher prices are being paid to secure sales and try to entice producers to trade directly with factories
13 March 2024 Markets
Red hot sheep trade sees fat ewes make £343
With buyers sourcing numbers for Ramadan, the live trade for fat sheep continues to set the pace on price.
13 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Five-year high for Schmallenberg in UK
There has been a spike in the number of Schmallenberg cases on sheep farms in Britain.
13 March 2024 Northern Ireland